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Practical Ethnographic Methods The best way to understand how your users behave and live is to actually visit them in their homes or workplaces. Ethnographic research, or Contextual Inquiries can seem overwhelming, but the principles are quite simple–it’s being a humble observer in a user’s personal space. Course participants will learn all about ethnographic research […]

Roll up your sleeves & get dirty in the data: workshops to maximize the impact of research insights Do you worry that your rich research insights are falling short of their full impact because busy stakeholders don’t fully digest them? Are accelerated timelines rendering detailed research reports less useful? Maybe there’s a better way than […]

The UX of Augmented Reality Augmented reality experiences are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in our lives. Are you interested in learning more about designing these types of experiences? Attendees will gain knowledge and ideas around when these types of experiences are appropriate, and learn about emerging best practices for visual and interaction design for augmented reality […]

How Ethnography Can Save You Money In this world of quick and dirty, many practitioners consider ethnographies and site visits to be antiquated. Recent site visits proved yet again that there’s no substitute for an in-person visit. On one series of visits, our team realized that 2 Sprints, or 4 weeks of work, had to […]

Intro to UX Research Methods This pre-conference course covers the most popular research techniques today, including surveys, interviews, diary studies, focus groups, card sorting, tree testing, and fieldwork. Attendees will learn the basics of each method and when to use them (and, more importantly, when NOT to use them). Everyone will have the opportunity to […]

Where Do I Go from Here? Moving Your UX Career to the Next Level Are you wondering how you can start your UX career or move your UX career to the next level? Based on my mentorship of nearly 100 UX professionals, at all stages of their career, I will share practical advice on how […]